This year I am running a 1000 miles with my dog Jack! We adopted Jack in November 2009 from New Hope Dog Rescue and he is the gentle giant of our little home. The volunteers who run New Hope and those who foster dogs are wonderful, dedicated people. As a way to thank them, Jack, Skender and I are raising money for their charity. I ask people to sponsor our running through donations to New Hope Dog Rescue. Your donations will help us reach our goal of a 1000 mile/dollar year!!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween! I can't believe it is the end of October. I ran 5 miles (843 miles) this morning before the snow started to fall. It started to snow about the time I arrived home and by noon we had a white blanket covering the city. It turned to rain a little later. Skender played basketball today. Their team is improving every game and it is great to watch them having so much fun. Skender decided this year to make his own costume by taking bits and pieces from old costumes and painting his face with a final touch of a screw glued to his forehead! Very scary. I have had about 30 - 40 kids and almost all of them were Aboriginal kids. They had great costumes, a few really cool homemade costumes that must have taken a great deal of work to put together. I had all my cool Halloween decorations out, including my shaking skull along the path that begins to loudly rattle when someone walks by. Always catches the kids off guard and they run like crazy to get away from it :) I love Halloween! I am almost out of candy at 7:15PM, I have a habit of giving too much too early and running out of candy for the older kids.

Friday, October 30, 2009

I ran 4 miles this afternoon (838 miles). It was nice and I felt like running further but my right knee began to bother me. I have had knee trouble all week. Each time I run over 8 miles I end up with an injury. Strangely it is a new problem each time. Hopefully this is just a small problem and not something I'm going to struggle with for a few weeks.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

I ran 5 miles (834 miles) this afternoon. It was nice again, a bit cool but a perfect day for running. We had our civic elections yesterday and the existing city councillors were all returned to City Hall. The election turn out was 6% less than our last civic election. Only 25% of eligible voters voted which is pretty dismal. I consulted with Skender and cast my vote. Only one of the people we voted for failed to get in so we're pretty happy with the election outcome.

We are two days away from submitting our Fire Fighter Mentorship grant. It is about 1.3 million dollars over 5 years. I love this project and I think we may have a good chance of being awarded the funding. If we get the grant it will mean a whole lot of work with some great people and a great program. Cross your fingers that the research gods are with us! I can't wait to submit the grant because it is the last of three big work tasks that I have had to do in the past four months. I've had no time off except the odd day to clean my house and I can't wait until I can rest, read a good novel, and go out with friends without worrying about ALL THE WORK I have to get done : )

About Me

OUR LITTLE FAMILY LOVES TO TRAVEL! FOR VACATION, FOR SCHOOL, FOR WORK, WE LOVE IT ALL. SOME DESTINATIONS ARE CLOSE TO HOME WHILE OTHERS TAKE US TO FAR OFF PLACES WHERE WE EXPLORE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WAYS OF LIFE. WE DECIDED TO BEGIN A TRAVEL BLOG THAT WOULD HELP OTHERS TO LEARN ABOUT TRAVELING TO THE PLACES WE HAVE BEEN. OUR GOOD FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELP US OUT BY SHARING THEIR TRAVEL EXPERIENCES AND PHOTOS. ENJOY THE TRIP! CAROLINE AND SKENDER

Please let us know when you make a donation so we can keep track of how our fund raising is going!

carolinetait75@gmail.com

Thank You!!!! Jack, Skender and Caroline

About New Hope Rescue

New Hope Dog Rescue is a registered Canadian charitable organization run completely by volunteers based in Saskatoon, SK. dedicated to rescuing unwanted, stray, abandoned, neglected and abused dogs. All of their rescued dogs are placed in foster care homes when they have a foster home available until a permanent home can be found. Here the dogs receive much needed attention, love, training, and exercise on a daily basis. Being in a home environment can eliminate stress, neurotic behaviors, and illness that may happen with living in a cage or kennel. Being in a home environment allows for an on-going assessment of the dog and what the dog is like to live with. Knowing the dogs personality and quirks helps to determine the best possible permanent home for each dog.It is New Hope Rescue's main goal to place each dog in a nurturing and loving environment in a permanent home suited to each dog.

A lot of time, effort and emotional involvment go into rescue work and the volunteers do not want it to be wasted. They will work with interested adopters to make the best match for both the dog and the family. All dogs that come into New Hope Dog Rescue are spayed or neutered and receive vaccinations and microchipping prior to being adopted. New Hope Dog Rescue has generated a wish list of other needed supplies they hope to have donated to them so that they can continue to put monetary funds toward spaying, neutering and vaccination costs. Through their rescue efforts they also strive to educate the public on humane treatment, lifelong commitment, and population control through spaying and neutering.